London circa 1760: J.C. Bach, C.F. Abel & friends La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton & Benjamin Perrot

• Carl Friedrich Abel (1723 - 1787): Concerto a Viola da Gamba Concertata in G Major (Arr. Thomas Fritzsch and Günter von Zadow after the Violoncello Concerto in B Flat-Major, WKO 52 and the Flute Concerto in C Major, WKO 51):
• 1 Abel: Concerto a Viola da Gamba Concertata in G Major (Arr. Thomas Fritzsch and Günter von Zadow after the Violoncello Concerto in B Flat-Major, WKO 52 and the Flute Concerto in C Major, WKO 51): I. Moderato 05:19
• 2 Abel: Concerto a Viola da Gamba Concertata in G Major (Arr. Thomas Fritzsch and Günter von Zadow after the Violoncello Concerto in B Flat-Major, WKO 52 and the Flute Concerto in C Major, WKO 51): II. Adagio ma non troppo 04:21
• 3 Abel: Concerto a Viola da Gamba Concertata in G Major (Arr. Thomas Fritzsch and Günter von Zadow after the Violoncello Concerto in B Flat-Major, WKO 52 and the Flute Concerto in C Major, WKO 51): III. Allegro 05:08
• Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782): Quartet in D Major, Op. 8 No. 2:
• 4 Bach: Quartet in D Major, Op. 8 No. 2: I. Andantino 05:11
• 5 Bach: Quartet in D Major, Op. 8 No. 2: II. Rondeaux. Allegro assai 03:19
• Francesco Geminiani (1687 - 1762): Piece for English Guitar in D Minor:
• 6 Geminiani: Piece for English Guitar in D Minor: No. 1, Andante - Allegro moderato 01:33
• 7 Geminiani: Piece for English Guitar in D Minor: No. 2, Affettuoso 01:24
• Carl Friedrich Abel: Quartet in G Major, WKO 227:
• 8 Abel: Quartet in G Major, WKO 227: I. Allegro moderato 06:18
• 9 Abel: Quartet in G Major, WKO 227: II. Allegretto 02:40
• Thomas Alexander Erskine (1732 - 1781): Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major:
• 10 Erskine: Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major: I. Andantino 03:58
• 11 Erskine: Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major: II. Tempo di minuetto 03:38
• Carl Friedrich Abel: 27 Pieces for Bass Viol (Arr. of the Basso Continuo by B. Perrot):
• 12 Abel: 27 Pieces for Bass Viol (Arr. of the Basso Continuo by B. Perrot): No. 26, Adagio in D Minor, AbelWV A1;A30 03:22
• 13 Abel: 27 Pieces for Bass Viol (Arr. of the Basso Continuo by B. Perrot): No. 24, Allegro in D Minor, AbelWV A1;A28 03:59
• Rudolf Straube (1717 - 1785): Sonata in C Major:
• 14 Straube: Sonata in C Major: No. 1, Largo 02:48
• Ann Ford (1737 - 1824): Instructions for Playing on the Musical Glasses in C Major:
• 15 Ford: Instructions for Playing on the Musical Glasses in C Major: No. 1, An Italian Air 'Care luci che regnate' 03:20
• 16 Ford: Instructions for Playing on the Musical Glasses in C Major: No. 2, Duetto Siciliana 01:41
• Total Runtime 57:59

Info for London circa 1760: J.C. Bach, C.F. Abel & friends

London, 1760. Handel had just died and George III acceded to the throne. During the reign of this monarch and his queen Charlotte, both discerning musicians, musical life in the British capital was to enjoy an exceptional revival. Virtuosos and composers from all over Europe flocked there, vying with each other in originality and modernity. Now La Rêveuse invites us to sample the creative whirlwind of the age, spinning from viol concertos to airs for musical glasses . . .

La Rêveuse:
Florence Bolton, viola da gamba
Benjamin Perrot, archlute, theorbo, English guitar
Serge Saitta, traverso
Stéphan Dudermel, violin
Ajay Ranganathan, violin
Sophie Iwamura, viola
Carsten Lohff, harpsichord
Benoît Vanden Bemden, double bass
Sylvain Lemêtre, musical glasses

La Reveuse
Founded by Benjamin Perrot and Florence Bolton, La Rêveuse is made up of solo musicians devoted to the artistic heritage of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The ensemble keeps up a busy schedule all over France and performs regularly in such prestigious venues as the Théâtre de l’Athénée and the Auditorium de Radio France in Paris, the Scènes Nationales of Orléans, Blois and Quimper, and the Théâtre National Populaire de Villeurbanne in Lyon; among the festivals in which it participates are La Folle Journée de Nantes, La Roque d’Anthéron, Chambord and the Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier. Between 2018 and 2020, La Rêveuse also organised an annual tour in rural districts aboard the Opérabus, a bus transformed into a mobile concert hall, a project that won numerous awards. La Rêveuse also appears abroad, notably in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Russia, Japan, the United States and Canada.

The ensemble’s recordings have all been acclaimed by the French and international press and have received many distinctions, including ffff in Télérama, ‘Choc’ of the Year in Classica, the Bestenliste der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, and Editor’s Choice in Gramophone. In 2017 La Rêveuse was awarded the gold medal of the Académie Arts-Sciences-Lettres for its career to date, followed in 2018 by the ‘European Cultural Heritage Year’ label awarded by the French Ministry of Culture and the ‘Leonardo Da Vinci, 500 years of RenaissanceS in the Centre - Loire Valley Region’ label for Leonardo Year 2019.

Booklet for London circa 1760: J.C. Bach, C.F. Abel & friends